If you want to find the flow of the code, you can use cscope .
http://cscope.sourceforge.net/cscope_vim_tutorial.html

On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Chirag Anand <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 14 January 2015 at 11:35, Great Avenger Singh <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > What could be the best Method/Way to explore the source code of any
> > "Open source project" that how the flow of code works.
>
> 1. Find a specific problem to solve. Look at bug-trackers, mailing
> lists, or from your own requirement (works best).
> 2. Download the source code.
> 3. 'grep' the keywords.
> 4. Look at the header files and documentation to understand the
> API/functions.
> 5. Understand the related code.
> 5. Jump in and start modifying, compiling, looking at the output etc.
>
> This is just a crude way of jumping into a project's source code if
> that's what you are looking for. As other people mentioned, the better
> way may be to talk to people, read blogs, figure out your interest in
> the project etc. (and probably not try to find an algo). :)
>
> HTH.
>
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